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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim] hi everybody !
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-08 11:43:18
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On Friday 06 July 2001 16:31, Christopher Molnar wrote:
> No, and the response I (and others) get every time we mention it is
> exactly the responses you have seen here... "we don't need it", "who
> needs it in one program", "there are several apps that do the same
> thing", etc.....

These are separate issues. Integrating Mail/Calendar/Addressbook into 
one app with one main window like Outlook has nothing to do with a 
calendar server.

An Outlook-like app might be attractive to many users, but I'm not sure 
what kind of interoperability users expect from such an app other than 
the integration in one window. If you could provide us with some use 
cases, we perhaps could develop a much clearer idea, what is required 
in terms of development.

The calendar server is different. People want group scheduling and a 
server is one way to achieve this. There are other ways as well and 
it's quite clear what is required to implement it. The problem is that 
there is no open source calendar server and writing one is way too much 
work for the developers currently working on the kde-pim apps. Ideas 
how to solve that problem are welcome.

> No-one seems to realize that the developers can not dictate what a
> company or client is going to use. They want an exchange like
> environment. They have one, they are not going to change.

Don't forget that this is open source. Developers don't want to dictate 
who is going to use what, but they are free to decide what they are 
working on and an Outlook clone doesn't have a high priority at the 
moment. Of course you are free to change that by contributing the code 
;-).

>
> -Chris
>
> John Hawkes-Reed wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 July 2001  3:37 pm, Christopher Molnar wrote:
> > > Windows has a compatable client (outlook). We need a compatable
> > > server. The coprorate market is starting to trust Linux as a
> > > server platform. We need to have the functionality of exchange to
> > > completely replace NT.
> >
> > I think I share the need for a calendar/appointment server. At
> > work, the M$ people have Exchange and the unix people have...
> > Nothing.
> >
> > Is/are there any work/ideas happening at the 'back end'?
> >
> > --
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Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

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